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In reply to the discussion: Nasa is shutting down the Voyager space probes after 44 years [View all]

rsdsharp

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4. More than a decade later, the epic journeys of these probes are due to come to an end.
Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
Wed Jun 22, 2022, 08:19 PM
Jun 2022

Yeah, I’d say 45 years is “more than a decade” after the launches.

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Nasa is shutting down the Voyager space probes after 44 years [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
Why? IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #1
I thought about the Star Trek movie when I posted the article Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 #3
I'd imagine because they're running out of power . . . hatrack Jun 2022 #6
I know that's why IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #7
Highly logical! hatrack Jun 2022 #9
My first thought. Solly Mack Jun 2022 #21
Little Angel ---- your question is MY QUESTION. wHY THE HELL-O IS NASA DOING THIS Trueblue1968 Jun 2022 #27
Maybe they think if they don't launch Voyager 6, V'Ger won't show up in about 250 years? IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #28
No! Say it isn't so! MerryHolidays Jun 2022 #2
More than a decade later, the epic journeys of these probes are due to come to an end. rsdsharp Jun 2022 #4
nooooooooo :( samnsara Jun 2022 #5
Why shut them down? Deuxcents Jun 2022 #8
the really dont have a choice moonshinegnomie Jun 2022 #13
Thank you for an easy to understand explanation.. Deuxcents Jun 2022 #17
Plutonium is the best choice moonshinegnomie Jun 2022 #25
Aww, noooo! :( Bless you Intrepid Travelers -Voyagers 1&2! electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #10
V-GER is approaching our Solar System and will be uploading PCIntern Jun 2022 #11
The OP says Voyager ll was launched before Voyager l. brush Jun 2022 #12
Because of their flight plans and planetary alignments Sympthsical Jun 2022 #20
Wonderful, wonderful PBS/NOVA episode all about Voyager hatrack Jun 2022 #14
In a few hundred years some salvage company will lay claim to it as interstellar space junk pecosbob Jun 2022 #15
Some future Robert Ballard will find them again... hunter Jun 2022 #16
I think it's neat it took a family photo of us.. Our pale blue dot...nt mitch96 Jun 2022 #18
V GER BadGimp Jun 2022 #19
Perhaps they should moniss Jun 2022 #22
Nooooooo! Hekate Jun 2022 #23
Because keeping things going requires electrical power, and they're in the endgame for that... JHB Jun 2022 #24
Sigh. Long may Voyager drift through space. Hekate Jun 2022 #29
This Is Surprising Actually. ruet Jun 2022 #26
Don't dispair. Xolodno Jun 2022 #30
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